Stupid driver tricks
Discussion in 'Trucking Accidents' started by c64basic, Aug 21, 2013.
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Bare-breasted woman crashes motorcycle on Milwaukee highway
A Wisconsin woman was exposing her breasts as she drove a motorcycle with no hands on a Wisconsin highway last week.
Authorities who were chasing the woman on Interstate 43 claim she was driving erratically and constantly changing speeds, going as slow 15 mph on the 60 mph highway.
The chase continued until the woman lost control of the motorcycle and crashed. When police approached her, the woman was reportedly incoherently talking about religion.
She was taken to a hospital in spite of her claims that she wasn't injured.
The woman was reportedly wearing a patch used for severe pain and had taken Oxycontin.
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Stupid driver of the year candidate. Toledo PD released this video of a woman going nuclear in a McDonalds drive thru because they aren't serving McNuggets yet. Unbelievable.
Audio is NSFW so I'll just post the link instead of imbedding. The gif below ends where it really gets interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF0IhyAasWw
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Police: Truck driver blames GPS for taking him down road where he knocked over utility pole
MONTGOMERY A Pennsylvania tractor-trailer driver told police his GPS was to blame for leading him down a township road where he tore down wires, broke a utility pole and disrupted power service to the area for hours, according to a police-issued press release.
On Tuesday, at about 9:35 a.m., police investigated a motor vehicle crash on Pin Oak Road in the township, and found tractor-trailer driver Richard F. Burke Jr., 53, of Northampton, Pa., the release said.
Burke told police he was following his GPS, which directed him to turn onto Pin Oak Road from Dutchtown Zion Road, the release said.
"As he drove down Pin Oak, he knowingly started hitting trees and wires and continued driving causing damage to his trailer roof and to poles and wires, which resulted in power interruptions for area residents for several hours," the release said.
Burke was cited for careless driving and is scheduled to appear in Montgomery Township Municipal Court, the release said.
Pin Oak Road was closed most of Tuesday while Public Service Electric & Gas made repairs to the area.
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1 killed in Waupaca County (WI) riding in boat towed by drunk pickup driver
Waupaca Authorities in Waupaca County say a boat that was being towed by a truck flipped over, causing one person to die of serious head injuries.
The sheriff's department says two people were riding in the boat Saturday afternoon. It was on a trailer that was being towed by a pickup truck.
At some point the boat flipped over, ejecting both people. One person died at the scene, and the other was unhurt.
The driver of the pickup truck was arrested on tentative charges of driving while intoxicated.
Authorities haven't released the victim's name.
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Trooper: Semi driver involved in accident did not have commercial driver's license
Steamboat Springs, CO The driver of a semi that crashed Friday and shut down U.S. Highway 40 for two hours did not have a commercial driver's license, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
The crash occurred shortly after 10 a.m. about 14 miles west of Kremmling.
According to a press release prepared by Sgt. Scott Elliott, the truck was traveling west, entered a left-hand curve and rolled onto its right side and down an embankment. A full trailer load of two-by-fours came off the trailer and littered the area.
Excessive speed and driver inexperience are both contributing factors, Elliott said.
It took emergency responders 2 1/2 hours to get the driver and passenger out of the semi. They were airlifted to a Denver hospital.
The driver, 21-year-old Mateo Zamora-Cuaxilotl, of California, only had minor injuries. He was cited for careless driving causing bodily injury and numerous commercial motor vehicle violations, including driving without a commercial drivers license.
The passenger, 50-year-old Hernan Lopez, of California, sustained moderate, non-life-threatening injuries, Elliott said. Lopez was cited for permitting an unlicensed person to drive a vehicle.
The load of lumber was picked up in Parshall and cleaned up at the accident scene by Dillon Towing & Recovery, which worked through the night.
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really 14 ft is 4.2M. As I can see it is Utility dry box, its height is 4.10 m, so 14 ft is top of tonnel entrance. It place where trailer roof hits tonnel entrance clearance is lower 4 m. So sign is wrong. Trailer with is 103"! so 14 ft clearance must be wide enought to let trailer pass throught it
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New dash cam vid from Taiwan of a very lucky person
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